Postoperative pulmonary complications after laparotomy

Respiration

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-274

  Smith, Peter R ^a   Baig, Muhammad A ^a   Brito, Veronica ^a   Bader, Fayez ^a   Bergman, Michael I ^a   Alfonso, Antonio ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Laparotomy; Pneumonia; Respiratory failure; Surgical complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956987766     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000253881     Document Type: Article

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